Mindfulness Training in Philadelphia & Montgomery County, PA

Meditation Center in Bala Cynwyd & King of Prussia

HAROLD P. KIRBY, LCSW/BCD

Harold is a nationally recognized speaker and expert in the treatment of OCD. He is a cognitive behavioral therapist (CBT) specializing in the treatment of anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and social anxiety, stress and the complete range of anxiety disorders as well as depression. He is a CBT group therapist and individual behavioral therapist.

Harold is solution focused. That means he recognizes that past difficulties can’t be changed and instead focuses on the here and now. He helps you do the same. He takes his patients through their own life experiences in order to properly diagnose issues. OCD and anxiety is a disorder, but it is not a disease, and Harold helps his patients in Bala Cynwyd and Philadelphia realize that.

Harold’s CBT training and treatment for anxiety and OCD help you better understand and effectively manage your sometimes unaccommodating reactions to everyday life. He gives you the tools and confidence to face each day with renewed strength and understanding. He helps you achieve acceptance and a desire to move forward with a life you want and value now.

We have a choice to change. Through groups and cognitive behavioral therapy in Bala Cynwyd, Harold is an OCD treatment specialist that conditions his patients to look at themselves and really observe their behaviors to make the necessary changes in order to overcome your anxiety disorder and learn to appreciate life.

Each person is unique. All treatment is individualized and geared toward an improved quality of life. With many years of experience as an anxiety and OCD treatment specialist in Philadelphia, he helps you deal with your thoughts and feelings to become aware of why you feel certain emotions.

Harold has offices in center city Philadelphia, Bala Cynwyd, and King of Prussia on the Main Line of Philadelphia PA. As an OCD treatment specialist, he regularly holds 8-week mindfulness group sessions in each location for patients to learn about their disorders or depressions. When you’re struggling to overcome a fear, depression, or anxiety disorder, Harold has the experience and techniques through cognitive behavioral therapy to help get over the pain and suffering that your behaviors are causing.

Social Work Intern, Mental Retardation, Community Homes for Adults, Inc., Dallas, TX

1991

Social Work Intern Geriatrics at Juliette Fowler Homes Dallas, TX

Ancillary Training

2002

EMDR, EMDRIA approved level II training, Philadelphia, PA

2001

EMDR, EMDRIA approved level I training, Pittsburgh, PA

2012

MBSR Practicum, Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Conference Papers & Workshops

Grayson, J.B,. Kirby, H.P.

(2010, July). Virtual camping and hiking through Chicago: you never thought exposure could be this much fun. Workshop conducted at the annual Conference of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation, Washington, DC.

(2009, July). Virtual camping and hiking through Chicago: you never thought exposure could be this much fun.
Workshop conducted at the annual Conference of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation, Minneapolis, MN.

(2008, March) Resistance and Non-Compliance in OCD: Poor Excuses for Poor Case Conceptualization or When and How to Modify E+RP for OCD.
Paper presented at the national conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Savannah, GA.

Grayson, J.B,. Kirby, H.P.

(2007, July) Resistance and Non-Compliance in OCD: Poor Excuses for Poor Case Conceptualization or When and How to Modify E+RP for OCD.

Paper presented at the 14th Conference of the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation,

The Woodlands, Texas.

Grayson, J.B,. Kirby, H.P. Cohen, T., Gourley, L.., Nuxoll, M. T.

(2007, July) G.O.A.L. Support Groups – Sufferers Empowering Each Other

Workshop conducted at the 14th Conference of the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation,

The Woodlands, Texas.

Grayson, J.B,. Kirby, H.P.

(2007, March) How to Live with Your Worst Nightmares or Is Learning Acceptance Really Possible? Paper presented at the annual Conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, St. Louis, MO.

Grayson, J.B,. Kirby, H.P.

(2007, March) When Do Traditionally Non-OCD Issues Need to be Incorporated into Exposure and Response Prevention for OCD? Paper presented at the annual Conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, St. Louis, MO.

Grayson, J.B,. Kirby, H.P. J. B., Rosenfeld, J.

(2006 July). How to live with your worst nightmares or Is learning acceptance really possible? Paper presented at the annual
Conference of the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia.

(2005, July) Virtual Camping: An ERP Experience, presented at the annual Conference of the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation, San Diego, California.

Grayson, J.B,. Kirby, H.P.

(2005, March). Improving treatment of OCD through the use of scripts. Paper presented at the national conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Seattle, Washington.

Grayson, J.B,. Kirby, H.P.

(2004, July). Creating scripts to counter the voice of OCD

Paper presented at the annual Conference of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation, Chicago, Illinois.

Grayson, J.B,. Kirby, H.P., Cohen, T., Erwin, B., Fitzgibbons, L.,

(2004, July). Virtual camping and hiking through Chicago: you never thought exposure could be this much fun.
Workshop conducted at the annual Conference of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation, Chicago, Illinois.